diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5ada5de455b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import type * as SessionStore from '@/store/session'
+
+import { NEW_CHAT_ROUTE } from '../../routes'
+
+import { useDesktopIntegrations } from './use-desktop-integrations'
+
+const sessionMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  getRememberedRoute: vi.fn(() => '/session/stored'),
+  getRememberedSessionId: vi.fn(() => 'stored-session'),
+  setRememberedRoute: vi.fn(),
+  setRememberedSessionId: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+const updatesMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  openUpdatesWindow: vi.fn(),
+  startUpdatePoller: vi.fn(),
+  stopUpdatePoller: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/store/session', async () => {
+  const actual = (await vi.importActual('@/store/session')) as typeof SessionStore
+
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    ...sessionMocks
+  }
+})
+vi.mock('@/store/updates', () => updatesMocks)
+vi.mock('@/store/windows', () => ({
+  isNewSessionWindow: vi.fn(() => true),
+  isSecondaryWindow: vi.fn(() => false)
+}))
+
+function setHermesDesktopBridge() {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      setPreviewShortcutActive: vi.fn()
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks()
+})
+
+describe('useDesktopIntegrations', () => {
+  it('does not restore remembered session state in a new-session window', async () => {
+    setHermesDesktopBridge()
+    const navigate = vi.fn()
+
+    renderHook(() =>
+      useDesktopIntegrations({
+        chatOpen: true,
+        hasPreview: false,
+        locationPathname: NEW_CHAT_ROUTE,
+        navigate,
+        refreshSessions: vi.fn(),
+        resumeExhaustedSessionId: null,
+        routedSessionId: null,
+        runtimeIdByStoredSessionId: { current: new Map() }
+      })
+    )
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(updatesMocks.startUpdatePoller).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    expect(sessionMocks.getRememberedRoute).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(sessionMocks.getRememberedSessionId).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(sessionMocks.setRememberedRoute).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(sessionMocks.setRememberedSessionId).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(navigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts
index d0af49665906..594b295ef9d5 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { respondToApprovalAction } from '@/store/native-notifications'
 import { getRememberedRoute, getRememberedSessionId, setRememberedRoute, setRememberedSessionId } from '@/store/session'
 import { onSessionsChanged } from '@/store/session-sync'
 import { openUpdatesWindow, startUpdatePoller, stopUpdatePoller } from '@/store/updates'
-import { isSecondaryWindow } from '@/store/windows'
+import { isNewSessionWindow, isSecondaryWindow } from '@/store/windows'
 
 import { requestComposerFocus, requestComposerInsert } from '../../chat/composer/focus'
 import { appViewForPath, isOverlayView, NEW_CHAT_ROUTE, sessionRoute } from '../../routes'
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ export function useDesktopIntegrations({
   // lands where you were. Overlays (settings/command-center/…) aren't stored —
   // you don't want to boot into a modal.
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (isNewSessionWindow()) {
+      return
+    }
+
     if (routedSessionId) {
       setRememberedSessionId(routedSessionId)
     }
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ export function useDesktopIntegrations({
   // route (a hidden-then-shown window keeps its own route). Prefer the full
   // remembered route (covers pages); fall back to the last session id.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (restoredRef.current || locationPathname !== NEW_CHAT_ROUTE) {
+    if (restoredRef.current || locationPathname !== NEW_CHAT_ROUTE || isNewSessionWindow()) {
       restoredRef.current = true
 
       return